HAMILTON ROSE SHOW. 



floral line, but not least, a finejcollection 

 of cut roses, pentstemons and other 

 blooms from Mr. L. Woolverton and 

 Grimsby friends. 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



Geo. Wildes, cucumbers, very good. 



Master Frank Gage, potatoes, would 

 be creditable to Southern States. 



Jas Patterson, cherries, strawberries, 

 gooseberries and lettuce, very good. 



Wm. Farrar, strawberries and cherries, 

 very fine. 



Geo. Wildes, strawberries and goose- 

 berries, excellent. 



Mr. Samuel Aylett filled the rather 

 trying position of Superintendent to the 

 satisfaction of all. Osier's orchestra 

 furnished music during the afternoon 

 and evening. 



Mr. Wm. Hunt, gardener at Ingle- 

 wood, exhibited some grand specimen 

 adiantums at the Hamilton flower show. 

 Many were indeed surprised to learn 

 that they could be grown to such per- 

 fection. 



J. M. Dickson, 



Sec. 



COVER FOR BERRY WAGON. 



']N handhng berries it is impoitant to 

 keep them from the heat of the sun, 

 i and we found it difficult to get our 

 fruit to market in good condition in 

 an open wagon, and so last winter 

 decided to build a cover. The accom- 

 panying jillustration represents the plan 

 which wejadopted, and we have found 

 it so convenient and beneficial that we 

 would not be without it for many times 

 the original cost, which was about $7. 



It has five i>^ by ^ in. bows which 

 set into staples made of strap iron bolted 

 to the sides of the box. A 2 in. rave is 

 put on the outside with the lower edge 

 just below the top of the box so as to 

 carry the water over. From this rave 

 the sides and front are boarded up 2 ft. 

 with -vg in. matched sheathing, on top 

 of which is another 2 in. rave ^ in. 

 thick. The sides are covered with can- 

 vas the remainder of the way up. 



The seat is set back in the center, 

 leaving room for one row of crates in 

 front, which makes them handy to get 

 at and evens up the load. To support 

 the seat an inch board is boiled to 

 theinside of the bow withthe lower 

 edge resting on the top of the box. 



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Fig. 1627. — Olttli.ne of Behby Wagon'. 



The seat is 12 in wide and is fasten- 

 ed with hinges at one end, so that 

 it can be turned up out of the way when 

 loading or unloading. The top is 

 covered with -?8 in. matched sheathing 

 the same as the sides. The top is well 

 painted and then covered with canvas. 

 The canvas on both sides and top was 

 first sized with hot glue to fill up the 

 cloth and then painted with white lead 

 and oil with a very little lampblack to 

 give it a drab color. This makes the 

 canvas water-tight and keeps it from 

 shrinking. In this wagon we can carry 

 50 crates and have them where we can 

 easily get at them. When we wish to 

 use the wagon without the top it can be 

 set off out of the ,way. — American 

 Aiiriculturist. 



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